Thomas Edison Quotes And Sayings

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“I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.”
– Thomas Edison

“I am wondering what would have happened to me if some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced me that it was not fair to my fellow workers to put forth my best efforts in my work. I am glad that the eight-hour day had not been invented when I was a young man. If my life had been made up of eight-hour days I do not believe I could have accomplished a great deal. This country would not amount to as much as it does if the young men of fifty years ago had been afraid that they might earn more than they were paid for.”
– Thomas Edison

“I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe.”
– Thomas Edison

“I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.”
– Thomas Edison

“I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.”
– Thomas Edison

“I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it.”
– Thomas Edison

“I grew up in a very open-minded family. My father died when I was very little, so my mother was really, really incredibly busy trying to provide for us.”
– Thomas Edison

“I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.”
– Thomas Edison

“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.”
– Thomas Edison

“I have more respect for the fellow with a single idea who gets there than for the fellow with a thousand ideas who does nothing.”
– Thomas Edison

“I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God.”
– Thomas Edison

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
– Thomas Edison

“I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists — proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.”
– Thomas Edison

“I love great music and art, but I think ‘cubist’ songs and paintings are hideous.”
– Thomas Edison

“I never did a day’s work in my life, it was all fun.”
– Thomas Edison

“I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.”
– Thomas Edison

“I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident…. Almost none of my inventions were derived in that manner. They were achieved by having trained myself to be analytical and to endure and tolerate hard work.”
– Thomas Edison

“I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours — and thrived on it.”
– Thomas Edison

“I really try not to read the tennis articles, because a lot of times they’re guessing at how a player is feeling, and I like to keep myself kind of open minded about how I’m feeling, rather than have someone else explain to me what’s going on.”
– Thomas Edison

“I start where the last man left off.”
– Thomas Edison

“I want someone who is open-minded, dedicated to whatever she is doing and isn’t afraid to say I love you. As for looks, she shouldn’t have three heads. I want a regular human being.”
– Thomas Edison

“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I had more years left.”
– Thomas Edison

“If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.”
– Thomas Edison

“If I had not had so much ambition and had not tried to do so many things I probably would have been happier, but less useful.”
– Thomas Edison

“If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.”
– Thomas Edison

“If our nation can issue a dollar bond, it can issue a dollar bill. The element that makes the bond good, makes the bill good, also. The difference between the bond and the bill is the bond lets money brokers collect twice the amount of the bond and an additional 20%, whereas the currency pays nobody but those who contribute directly in some useful way. … It is absurd to say our country can issue $30 million in bonds and not $30 million in currency. Both are promises to pay, but one promise fattens the usurers and the other helps the people.”
– Thomas Edison

“If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value….”
– Thomas Edison

“If the individual is to be happy in the contemporary order, he must be open-minded with respect to new values and new arrangements.”
– Thomas Edison

“If there is a way to do it better… find it.”
– Thomas Edison

“If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
– Thomas Edison

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